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Making sense of the mental health symptoms “I’ve always wanted to enter the mental health sector, but I knew that being a psychologist or counsellor was not the right fit […]
Life was just about following the rules. I was doing everything that society demanded and expected from me for the first 16 years of my life. Then, everything changed, and […]
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“I want to use my skills that I learn from the peer support specialist course to help others who are having mental health challenges, said Y, with a look of […]
I want to talk about the one particular type of stigma I faced because of my mental health condition. I have had struggles with word sensitivity and thought distortion, which have led to a very troublesome issue I had over the years – I’ve read too much into things and thought people liked me romantically when they didn’t.
On my worst days as a person with mental health issues, simple words and letters have stabbed me. The saying “the pen is a sword” took on a whole new […]
Dear friends, hello! My name is Vicky. I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder over 20 years ago. I am a wife, a daughter, a friend, a sister, an employee of a social enterprise and have a long career history in the social services profession.
I find keeping a journal useful. Start noting down situations that may have made you abnormally upset or confused. You may stick to two simple questions, “What made me upset?” and “Do I have the resources to overcome this situation?”
The dictionary definition of a job is a paid position for regular appointment. That said, it sounds pretty impersonal doesn’t it. We would probably expect to see ourselves working till the ripe old age of 62, the average retirement age in Singapore. That’s a long time to be working and we often do not have a choice to not do so.
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The day before Singapore went into circuit breaker, I received a missed call from my...
First it was the constant fatigue. Then came the sense of dread when the alarm went off and I needed to get myself to work. The countless sleepless nights worrying about deadlines. Intrusive thoughts of “How am I going to get through this week with so much on my plate?”
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